Archaic Greece

Croesus ( ; ) was the last king of Lydia from 561 BC to 547 BC. He ruled Lydia until his defeat at the siege of Sardis by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.

period of ancient Greek history

organised founding of colonies in the Mediterranean and Black Seas by Ancient Greeks, especially in the Archaic period (750-550 BC)

pre-polis type of ancient Greek confederacy

group of humans

pre-Greek language attested in a few alphabetic inscriptions of ancient Crete between the 7th and 3rd centuries BCE

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military conflict between the two ancient Greek city states Chalcis and Eretria in Euboea

helmet used in Ancient Greece

Local variants of the ancient Greek alphabet

Ancient Greek helmet

battle between Argos and Sparta (546 BCE)

thumb|View of Azoria from the Kastro with the Kavousi plain and Bay of Mirabello, with the island of Pseira, in the background Azoria is an archaeological site on a double-peaked hill overlooking the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete in the Greek Aegean. "Azoria" (o Αζοριάς or () Μουρί τ' Αζωργιά) is a local toponym, not apparently an ancient place name or epigraphically-attested Greek city. Located about 1 km southeast of the modern village of Kavousi, and 3 km from the sea, the site occupies a topographically strategic position ( m above sea level) between the north Isthmus of Ier

6th century BC Greek merchant

early sacred law found on Crete